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Competitiveness Of Generalist Plant Populations At A Mine Site, Justin S.H. Wan, Fati̇h Fazlioğlu, Stephen P. Bonser
Competitiveness Of Generalist Plant Populations At A Mine Site, Justin S.H. Wan, Fati̇h Fazlioğlu, Stephen P. Bonser
Turkish Journal of Botany
Plants inhabiting extremely stressful mine site environments tend to be specialized and localized, where they express lower performance than nonmine site plants from adjacent areas. However, such a cost may be concealed. In a previous study at a mine site, we found mine and adjacent nonmine plants of multiple species expressed similar performances in the absence of competition. However, a lower competitive ability may be a concealed driver. We aim to test whether costs under competition could explain specialization. In a glasshouse experiment, we measured the performance (i.e. vegetative and reproductive growth) of mine and nonmine potted plants under competition. …
Roles Of Plant Cbl?Cipk Systems In Abiotic Stress Responses, Shilian Huang, Shaofeng Jiang, Junsong Liang, Miao Chen
Roles Of Plant Cbl?Cipk Systems In Abiotic Stress Responses, Shilian Huang, Shaofeng Jiang, Junsong Liang, Miao Chen
Turkish Journal of Botany
Plants evolved from long-term adaptation to form regulatory mechanisms of perception, transduction, and response to stresses. The CBL?CIPK signaling system is a basic calcium sensor that plays an important role in sensing adverse environmental stimuli. CBLs can perceive and bind Ca2+ under adversity and then specifically interact with CIPKs. The activated CBL?CIPK complex phosphorylates downstream target proteins (such as ion channels and transporters), or regulates transcription factors and stress responsive genes. Important progress has been made in the study of CBL?CIPK signaling pathways in response to high salt, low N, low K, high Mg, and high pH. This review summarizes …